AWS DevOps Engineer

fAbout the Company The Data Engineering and Advanced Analytics Enablement team is seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to lead the enablement of analytics tools on a cloud-native architecture. About the Role This role will design, build, and maintain infrastructure that supports next-generation analytics platforms, leveraging best practices in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), high availability, fault tolerance, and operational excellence for COTS deployments in AWS. Expertise in Amazon EKS, CI/CD automation, and scripting is essential. Responsibilities • Drive technical requirements gathering and solution design sessions with engineers, architects, and product managers in an Agile environment. • Design, build, and deploy infrastructure for analytics COTS tools (e.g., Posit/RStudio, Anaconda Distribution) on AWS. • Develop and automate scripts for deploying and configuring software components, from large-scale COTS products to custom microservices. • Implement Infrastructure as Code using AWS services and tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, CodePipeline, Lambda (R/Python), CloudWatch, Route53, S3, and more. • Architect and manage Amazon EKS clusters for containerized workloads, ensuring scalability and security. • Continuously improve infrastructure provisioning automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence in the cloud. • Monitor and optimize system performance in AWS for reliability, cost efficiency, and resilience. • Conduct peer reviews and enhance existing infrastructure for scalability and fault tolerance. • Participate in on-call rotations for critical outages and incidents. • Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system diagrams and operational procedures. Qualifications • 7+ years of IT experience, including software development and DevOps functions. • 5+ years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD tooling (GitLab Pipelines, Jenkins Pipelines, Bitbucket, GitHub) and creating/extending CI/CD environments via Terraform and CloudFormation. • 3+ years of production experience with core AWS services (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway, ALB, ELB, Lambda, etc.). • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Amazon EKS and container orchestration. • 3+ years of Unix/Linux system administration experience. • Proficiency in Python (preferred) and R. • Strong automation scripting skills in Bash, Shell, Python, and familiarity with Java, JavaScript, Ansible, Perl. • Experience supporting web technologies and websites running Apache or NGINX. • Familiarity with open-source web service environments (Java, REST, SOAP). • Working experience with Confluence, Jira SaaS, SharePoint, others. Required Skills • Deep understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities. • Effective teamwork, planning, and coordination skills. • Self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of meeting aggressive deadlines. • Ability to independently research and resolve technical challenges in complex IT environments.